Comment on Tax relief package and the state budget still in talks, improving Iowa’s air quality, EPA announces grants: Iowa Capitol

ADJOURNMENT PROSPECTS: Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver, R-Ankeny, said Tuesday House and Senate leaders are continuing to meet with the governor’s office on crafting a tax relief package and the state budget.“I had a great meeting with the speaker” of the House, he said. “I had a great meeting with the governor.However, he had no agreement on a tax relief package to announce, which Whitver described as one of the “big items we’re still waiting on.”Even if there is a breakthrough on the “big items,” Whitver acknowledged the conventional wisdom around the Capitol that it will take at least a couple of weeks to complete the session.AIR QUALITY NOTICE: The Iowa Department of Natural Resources now is providing online public notice of air quality operating and major source construction permits.